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August House Publishing Company


Award-winning storytelling and folklore books and spoken word CDs. Titles for literacy use, language development, and diversity education. World folktale collections a specialty. Imprints include August House LittleFolk, an award-winning picture book line, and August House Audio, a line of storytelling audios from many cultures. Also a strong line of scary story titles for young readers. 240 titles in print.

Specifically interested in books with these subjects or themes: folklore, folktales

Main Address: 3500 Piedmont Road, NE Suite 310
Atlanta GA 30305 USA
Phone: 501-372-5450
Fax: 501-372-5579
Updated 12/19/2007

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1. Favorite Scary Stories of American Children (Grades 3-6) (Paperback)
    Author: Richard Young
(Unknown)  12/19/2005
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20 Reviews  
2. Wisdom Tales from Around the World (World Storytelling) (Paperback)
    Author: Heather Forest
(Unknown)  12/15/2005
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9 Reviews  
3. The Drum: A Folktale from India (Story Cove: a World of Stories) (Paperb...
    Author: Rob Cleveland
    Illustrator: Tom Wrenn
(Unknown)  01/30/2006
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6 Reviews  
4. The Skit Book: 101 Skits from Kids (Paperback)
    Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
    Illustrator: Marie-Louise Scull
(Unknown)  07/26/2006
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6 Reviews  
5. Stone Soup (Paperback)
    Author: Heather Forest
    Illustrator: Susan Gaber
(Unknown)  12/15/2005
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30 Reviews  
6. Sister Tricksters: Rollicking Tales of Clever Females (Hardcover)
    Author: Robert D. San Souci
    Illustrator: Daniel San Souci
(Unknown)  06/08/2006
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1 Reviews  
7. Conejito: A Folktale from Panama (Hardcover)
    Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
    Illustrator: Geraldo Valerio
(Unknown)  01/27/2006
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11 Reviews  
8. The Storyteller's Start-Up Book: Finding, Learning, Performing and Using...
    Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
(Unknown)  02/03/2006
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11 Reviews  
9. Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail (Story Cove: a World of Stories) (Paperback)
    Author: Martha Hamilton, Martha and Mitch Weiss Hamilton
    Illustrator: Tom Wrenn
(Unknown)  12/19/2007
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1 Reviews  
10. Who Says?: Essays on Pivotal Issues in Contemporary Storytelling (Americ...
    Author: Carol Birch
(Unknown)  01/17/2011
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1 Reviews  
11. Shake-It-Up Tales! (Paperback)
    Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
(Unknown)  05/15/2006
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7 Reviews  
12. Medieval Tales (Paperback)
    Author: Lorna MacDonald Czarnota
(Unknown)  05/16/2009
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3 Reviews  
13. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle (Hardcover)
    Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
    Illustrator: Nancy Dunaway Fowlkes
(Unknown)  12/15/2005
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8 Reviews  
14. How Tiger Got His Stripes: A Folktale from Vietnam (Welcome to Story Cov...
    Author: Rob Cleveland
    Illustrator: Baird Hoffmire
(Unknown)  01/30/2006
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3 Reviews  
15. Peace Tales (Paperback)
    Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
(Unknown)  01/10/2006
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6 Reviews  
16. The Well of Truth: A Folktale from Egypt (StoryCove: A World of Stories)...
    Author: Martha Hamilton
    Illustrator: Tom Wrenn
(Unknown)  12/16/2008
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1 Reviews  
17. Three-Minute Tales (Paperback)
    Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
(Unknown)  12/15/2005
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3 Reviews  
18. The Clever Monkey: A Folktale from West Africa (Story Cove: a World of S...
    Author: Rob Cleveland
    Illustrator: Baird Hoffmire
(Unknown)  01/31/2006
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19 Reviews  
19. Jujitsu for Christ (Hardcover)
    Author: John Butler
(Unknown)  09/1986
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20 Reviews  
20. Buried Treasures of the American Southwest (Paperback)
    Author: W. C. Jameson
(Unknown)  01/27/2006
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2 Reviews  
21. The Archer and the Sun (StoryCove: A World of Stories) (Paperback)
    Author: Rob Cleveland
    Illustrator: Baird Hoffmire
(Unknown)  12/19/2007
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16 Reviews  
22. Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts: The Subversive Folklore of Childhood (American...
    Author: T. K. F. Weisskopf, Josepha Sherman
(Unknown)  11/1995
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13 Reviews  
23. Wonder Tales from Around the World (Paperback)
    Author: Heather Forest
    Illustrator: David Boston
(Unknown)  11/1995
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3 Reviews  
24. Buried Treasures of New England (Paperback)
    Author: W. C. Jameson
(Unknown)  12/14/2005
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25. The Exploding Toilet (Paperback)
    Author: David Holt
(Unknown)  12/15/2005
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1 Reviews  
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